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The widening impact of the Iran war
Christa Case Bryant
As聽the Iran War enters its third week,聽the U.S. is sending 2,500 Marines to the region. U.S. gas prices have risen 70 cents聽a gallon. And folks on the American homefront aren鈥檛 feeling the kind of unity symbolized by yellow ribbons during the 1991 Gulf War or the collective shock of 9/11, writes Harry Bruinius today.
The ripple effects of the war are being felt well beyond the nations taking a direct role in it. Diplomatic correspondent Howard LaFranchi looks at the perils and possibilities for Russia and Ukraine.
鈥淎t least in the short term, a number of the developments we see with the outbreak of war in Iran are beneficial to Russia鈥檚 interests,鈥� Robert Person of the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Washington told him. 鈥淏ut despite the very serious problems this new war presents for Ukraine, the moment is also a potential watershed.鈥澛�
